Ajit Pai recalls a cold February day, standing in a field at the Wind River reservation in central Wyoming with Arapaho Indian leaders, hearing how they used a Connecting America grant to link schools and homes to gigabit fiber Internet. It was one of many technology transformations the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission… Continue reading AI, 5G Will Energize U.S. Economy, Says FCC Chair at GTC
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Simulation Without Limits: DRIVE Sim Levels Up with NVIDIA Omniverse
The line between the physical and virtual worlds is blurring as autonomous vehicle simulation sharpens with NVIDIA Omniverse, our photorealistic 3D simulation and collaboration platform. During the GPU Technology Conference keynote, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang showcased for the first time NVIDIA DRIVE Sim running on NVIDIA Omniverse. DRIVE Sim leverages the cutting-edge capabilities… Continue reading Simulation Without Limits: DRIVE Sim Levels Up with NVIDIA Omniverse
Do the Robot: Free Online Training, AI Certifications Make It Easy to Learn and Teach Robotics
On land, underwater, in the air — even underground and on other planets — new autonomous machines and the applications that run on them are emerging daily. Robots are working on construction sites to improve safety, they’re on factory floors to enhance logistics and they’re roaming farm rows to pick weeds and harvest crops. As… Continue reading Do the Robot: Free Online Training, AI Certifications Make It Easy to Learn and Teach Robotics
Hands-On AI: Duckietown Foundation Offering Free edX Robotics Course Powered by NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2GB
For many, the portal into AI is robotics. And one of the best ways to get good at robotics is to get hands on. Roll up your sleeves, because this week at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, the Duckietown Foundation announced that it’s offering a free edX course on AI and robotics using the Duckiebot hardware… Continue reading Hands-On AI: Duckietown Foundation Offering Free edX Robotics Course Powered by NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2GB
Locomation and Blackshark.ai Innovate in Real and Virtual Dimensions at GTC
The NVIDIA DRIVE ecosystem is going multidimensional. During the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference this week, autonomous trucking startup Locomation and simulation company Blackshark.ai announced technological developments powered by NVIDIA DRIVE. Locomation, a Pittsburgh-based provider of autonomous trucking technology, said it would integrate NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin in the upcoming rollout of its platooning system on… Continue reading Locomation and Blackshark.ai Innovate in Real and Virtual Dimensions at GTC
To 3D and Beyond: Pixar’s USD Coming to an Industry Near You
It was the kind of career moment developers dream of but rarely experience. To whoops and cheers from the crowd at SIGGRAPH 2016, Dirk Van Gelder of Pixar Animation Studios launched Universal Scene Description. USD would become the open-source glue filmmakers used to bind their favorite tools together so they could collaborate with colleagues around… Continue reading To 3D and Beyond: Pixar’s USD Coming to an Industry Near You
NVIDIA Delivers Streaming AR and VR from the Cloud with AWS
NVIDIA and AWS are bringing the future of XR streaming to the cloud. Announced today, the NVIDIA CloudXR platform will be available on Amazon EC2 P3 and G4 instances, which support NVIDIA V100 and T4 GPUs, allowing cloud users to stream high-quality immersive experiences to remote VR and AR devices. The CloudXR platform includes the… Continue reading NVIDIA Delivers Streaming AR and VR from the Cloud with AWS
Li Auto Aims to Extend Lead in Chinese EV Market with NVIDIA DRIVE
One of the leading EV startups in China is charging up its compute capabilities. Li Auto announced today it would develop its next generation of electric vehicles using the high-performance, energy-efficient NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin. These new vehicles will be developed in collaboration with tier 1 supplier Desay SV and feature advanced autonomous driving features,… Continue reading Li Auto Aims to Extend Lead in Chinese EV Market with NVIDIA DRIVE
NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion, Creating World’s Premier Computing Company for the Age of AI
Unites NVIDIA’s leadership in artificial intelligence with Arm’s vast computing ecosystem to drive innovation for all customers NVIDIA will expand Arm’s R&D presence in Cambridge, UK, by establishing a world-class AI research and education center, and building an Arm/NVIDIA-powered AI supercomputer for groundbreaking research NVIDIA will continue Arm’s open-licensing model and customer neutrality and expand… Continue reading NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion, Creating World’s Premier Computing Company for the Age of AI
Taking the Heat Off: AI Temperature Screening Aids Businesses Amid Pandemic
As businesses and schools consider reopening around the world, they’re taking safety precautions to mitigate the lingering threat of COVID-19 — often taking the temperature of each individual entering their facilities. Fever is a common warning sign for the virus (and the seasonal flu), but manual temperature-taking with infrared thermometers takes time and requires workers… Continue reading Taking the Heat Off: AI Temperature Screening Aids Businesses Amid Pandemic